{"product_id":"9781451659184","title":"The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER • #1 Indie Next Pick • Winner of the PEN New England Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Enchanting…A book filled with so much love…Long before Oregon, Rinker Buck has convinced us that the best way to see America is from the seat of a covered wagon.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Amazing…A real nonfiction thriller.” —Ian Frazier, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Absorbing…Winning…The many layers in \u003ci\u003eThe Oregon Trail\u003c\/i\u003e are linked by Mr. Buck’s voice, which is alert and unpretentious in a manner that put me in mind of Bill Bryson’s comic tone in \u003ci\u003eA Walk in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e.” —Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA major bestseller that has been hailed as a “quintessential American story” (\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e), Rinker Buck’s \u003ci\u003eThe Oregon Trail \u003c\/i\u003eis an epic account of traveling the 2,000-mile length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way—in a covered wagon with a team of mules—that has captivated readers, critics, and booksellers from coast to coast. Simultaneously a majestic journey across the West, a significant work of history, and a moving personal saga, Buck’s chronicle is a “laugh-out-loud masterpiece” (\u003ci\u003eWillamette Week\u003c\/i\u003e) that “so ensnares the emotions it becomes a tear-jerker at its close” (\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003eMinneapolis) and “will leave you daydreaming and hungry to see this land” (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158659350768,"sku":"9781451659184","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781451659184_p0.jpg?v=1763838183","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781451659184","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}